# mwana
## Chichewa
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmʷa.ná/

### Noun

mwaná class 1 (plural aná class 2)
* child

#### Derived terms

* kamwana

#### Related terms

* ubwana

## Kikuyu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mòànáꜜ/
    As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on. Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on. Clements (1984) classifies this term into “HL class” corresponding to Armstrong's mbori class and Benson's disyllabic 3, together with mũgeka, mũrata, and Kamau.

### Noun

mwana class 1 (plural ciana)
* child

#### Antonyms

* mũciari, mũthuuri

#### Derived terms

(Proverbs)
* gũtirĩ mwana ũngĩtema agĩtemera ithe
* mũka mũcangacangi ndagaga mwana
* mũka ũrĩ mwana ndoraga
* mwana mũkũrũ na ithe nĩ hamwe
* mwana mwende ndoĩ kũinia thũmbĩ
* mwana ndaheanagwo
* mwana ndahũragwo ithe arĩ ho
* mwana ndetagia ithe nyama
* mwana wa rwendo arĩaga nyina na ithe
* ngoi ndĩtumagwo mwana atarĩ mũciare

#### Related terms

(Nouns)
* kaana class 12

#### See also

* mwarĩ, karĩgũ, kĩrĩgũ; mũrũ, mũriũ, kahĩĩ, kĩhĩĩ

### References

* ↑ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
* ↑ Clements, George N. (1984). "Principles of tone assignment in Kikuyu." In Clements, G.N. and J.A. Goldsmith (eds.) Autosegmental studies in Bantu tone, pp. 281–339. Dordrecht: Mouton de Gruyter; Foris Publications. →ISBN
* ↑ “mwana” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 10. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
* 1 2 Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach, pp. 28, 48.

## Lingala
### Noun

mwana class 1 (plural bana class 2)
* Alternative form of mwǎna

## Luba-Kasai
### Noun

mwana
* child

## Maore Comorian
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

### Noun

mwana class 1 (plural wana class 2)
* baby
* child

### References

* “mwana” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

## Mwani
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

### Noun

mwana class 1 (plural wana)
* child

## Ngoni
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

### Noun

mwana (plural wana)
* child

## Shona
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

### Noun

mwaná class 1 (plural vaná class 2)
* child

#### Derived terms

* chana

#### Related terms

* -ana

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

mwana class I (plural wana class II)
* child (a son or daughter)
* In compounds, someone who does or has a relation to something.

#### Derived terms

* mwanaakiolojia
* mwanaanga
* mwanabenki
* mwanachama
* mwanachuoni
* mwanadamu
* mwanadensi
* mwanadiplomasia
* mwanafalsafa
* mwanafizikia
* mwanafunzi
* mwanagenzi
* mwanahabari
* mwanaharakati
* mwanahisa
* mwanahisabati
* mwanahistoria
* mwanaisimu
* mwanajeshi
* mwanajumuia
* mwanakemia
* mwanakijiji
* mwanakondoo
* mwanaleksikografia
* mwanamaji
* mwanambuzi
* mwanamfalme
* mwanamgambo
* mwanamitindo
* mwanamke
* mwanamume
* mwanamuziki
* mwanamziki
* mwananchi
* mwanangu
* mwanariadha
* mwanasaikolojia
* mwanasanaa
* mwanasarufi
* mwanasayansi
* mwanasheria
* mwanasiasa
* mwanaspoti
* mwanaume

#### See also

* mtoto

## Tumbuka
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

### Noun

mwana class 1 (plural ŵana class 2)
* child